Wednesday, 1 August 2018

Distrust of power influences choice of medical procedures

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) Many individuals, also in Germany, prefer to resort to the techniques used in complementary and alternative medicine, even though they may have been expressly warned against these. According to recent research, this may be associated with a potent underlying predisposition to believe in conspiracy theories, a trait known as a conspiracy mentality.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science https://ift.tt/2vso9F1

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